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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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whooping cough.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The known cases decreased from 533 in 1903 to 19(1 last year, while the deaths recorded
shrank from 53 to 16. The numbers reported in each quarter are set below
Whooping Cough. 1904.
| Quarters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | 16 | 26 | 33 | 93 |
| St. John | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| North-West Paddington | 6 | — | 0 | 3 |
| Totals, 1904 | 23 | 27 | 45 | 98 |
| „ 1903 | 281 | 35 | 11 | 2 |
In addition to the above, 3 other cases were dealt with. Summarising the returns there
were:—
In 1903:—
240 known cases among males, with 23 deaths ; 293 known cases among females, with 30 deaths.
In 1904.:—
100 known cases „ „ „ 8 „ ; 96 „ „ „ „ „ 8 „
The foregoing numbers give fatalities equal to—
9.6 for males; 10.2 for females; and 9.9 for persons in 1903 ; and
8.0 „ ; 8.3 „ ; „ 8.1 „ 1904.
There is, however, good reason to believe that the cases are not reported so regularly
during life as in the case of measles.
The distribution of cases and deaths according to Wards is set out below:—
| c. | d. | c. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park | 1904 | 8 | 9 | Church ... | 1904 | 65 | 3 |
| 1903 | 134 | 11 | 1903 | 56 | 9 | ||
| Harrow Road | 1904 | 58 | 3 | Lancaster Gate (West) | 1904 | 7 | _ |
| 1903 | 147 | 14 | 1903 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Maida Vale | 1904 | 4 | 1 | Lancaster Gate (East) | 1904 | 4 | 1 |
| 1903 | 57 | 5 | 1903 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Westbourne | 1904 | 45 | 6 | Hyde Park | 1904 | 5 | _ |
| 1903 | 121 | 10 | 1903 | 10 | 1 | ||
| c—cases. | d—deaths. | ||||||
In Church and Lancaster Gate (West) Wards only were the cases reported last year in
excess of the numbers for 1903.
Last year 94 houses were known to be infected, as compared with 290 in 1903. As was
to be expected from the reduced number of cases there were fewer instances of multiple
infections.
1904.
1903.
Houses with 1 case each 40 152
„ 2 cases „ 29 71
3 „ „ 12 44
,, 4 ,, ,, 5 12
„ 5 ,, ,, 0 8
„ 6 „ „ 2 2
„ 7 „ „ - 1